Discussions

Here are some topics of interest, along with a form to add your thoughts (see below). Categories are listed here — click on a category’s “twistor” to see the boards under each, and click on a board’s twistor to see its topics. Click on a topic link to go to that page.

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Visitors following old links to the CTS "forum" will be redirected to this Discussions area. The old forum has been closed and removed. If you want a look at a specific product's bug reports, please try its GitHub issues list. Some general discussions are now in this area.

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Computer Science — Discussion on computer science topics.

 

Typography and Typesetting — Making documents that look good, whether on-screen or on dead trees.

 

Crimes against readers — bad typography   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:27 AM

 

Compositing logos and accented letters   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:27 AM

 

Truly Smart Quotes   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:35 AM

 

Balanced multiple columns on a screen   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:25 AM

 

Why do lawyers shout so much?   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:37 AM

 

Some online resources   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:33 AM

 

Kerning on-the-fly   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:30 AM

 

Why semantic markup?   Last updated Sun, 02 Jun 2024 at 5:46 PM

 

Intelligent WYSIWYG   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:30 AM

 

Reflowing text   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:33 AM

 

Footnotes and smelly feet   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:29 AM

 

The umlaut and the dieresis   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:34 AM

 

Paragraph shaping   Last updated Sat, 23 May 2026 at 9:25 PM

 

PDF Validation   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:32 AM

 

Practical Computing — Code snippets, ideas, best practices, etc.

 

Null-terminated strings in C   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:31 AM

 

Pointer discipline in C   Last updated Wed, 27 May 2026 at 6:12 PM

 

URL rewriting made easy   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:36 AM

 

Building an application framework   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:25 AM

 

What's in a name?   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:37 AM

 

User Interface issues   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:36 AM

 

CGI animation   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:26 AM

 

Spreadsheet vs Database   Last updated Thu, 02 Apr 2026 at 2:57 PM

 

Historical Computing — Discussion of real life early computers, and "what if" alternate possibilities.

 

What could Charles Babbage have done with modern computer architecture?   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:37 AM

 

Mechanical analog computers   Last updated Wed, 14 May 2025 at 10:42 AM

 

Other historic computers   Last updated Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 11:07 AM

 

Historic computer pioneers   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:29 AM

 

Compiler Theory and Design — What does it take to write translators, interpreters, and compilers?

 

General guidelines and resources   Last updated Thu, 08 Feb 2024 at 12:35 PM

 

Philosophy and approach of compiler design books   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:32 AM

 

Another approach to compiler design   Last updated Mon, 07 Oct 2024 at 3:51 PM

 

Equal versus Equal   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:29 AM

 

Detecting unset variables   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:28 AM

 

Useful stuff   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:36 AM

 

Computers and the Real World — Use and abuse of computing in science, technology, and everyday life.

 

Calculating sales tax for online stores   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:26 AM

 

Charge postage on emails   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:26 AM

 

Dealing with online incivility   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:28 AM

 

Redaction and Watermarking   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:32 AM

 

The Rise of AI   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:34 AM

General — Things that don't quite fit into another category.

 

The English Language — Discussions about the English language, especially concerning typesetting and computer usage.

 

Before you post... some resources   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:25 AM

 

Trivial chase   Last updated Wed, 21 Aug 2024 at 12:26 PM

 

This vs. That   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:35 AM

 

It's Its Problem!   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:30 AM

 

A pregnant pause   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:21 AM

 

The AP Dumb Squad   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:33 AM

 

Politics and Miscellany — Non-computer discussions that don't fit in elsewhere.

 

The Catskill Impact Complex   Last updated Thu, 16 Oct 2025 at 2:53 PM

 

Crowd-sourced earthquake predictions   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:27 AM

 

Congressional districts determined by computer   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:27 AM

 

Updating the House of Representatives   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:35 AM

 

Electoral College reform   Last updated Sun, 16 Feb 2025 at 12:47 PM

 

The Bill of Rights   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:33 AM

 

The True Story of the Second Amendment   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:34 AM

 

Benderama equation   Last updated Wed, 03 Jan 2024 at 9:25 AM

 

Robotic Free Will   Last updated Sun, 17 May 2026 at 7:14 PM

Posting to a topic

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